Garment or hose supporter.



Patented Nov. 4, I902.

G. B. ADAMS. GARMENT 0R HOSE SUPPORTER.

(Application filed July 12, 1902.

(No Model.)

mm a. mp E WITNESSES:

ATTDRN UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. ADAMS, OF IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT OR HOSE SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 712,631, dated November,4, 1902. Application filed July 12, 1902. Serial No. 115,255. (Nomodel.)

make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Thepresent invention has reference generally to improvements in hose andgarmentsupporters; and the invention relates more particularly to anovel construction of hosesupporter comprising two members, one of whichis provided with a button or post having a head and the other memberbeing in. the form ofa retaining device having a pair of spring-armscapable of lateral motion, said arms being connected at or near theirfree ends with a fle'xible'connection substantially as hereinafter morefully set forth, the said spring-arms and end bar or cross-piece forminga loop that can be passed over the button and that portion of the hoseusually i placed over the said butt-on, all for positively retainingsaid intervening portion of the hose between the several parts of thedevice.

The principal objects of my present invention are to provide anefficient and positivelyacting holding means forhose or garmentsupporters of the character hereinabove stated, the spring-arms having ayielding tendency and the said flexible connection having sufficientresiliency to closely and properly hug the shank of the post or button,whereby the garment or hose is more firmly secured about the head of thebutton or post and is tightly grasped and held by the members of thehosesupporter without the least danger of tearing or cutting the fabric,the pull.'

A further object of this invention is to provide a loop member which isadapted to be arranged about that portion of the hose placed over thehead of the post or button, with a cross-piece at or near the narrow endportion of the loop member made of a fibrous device.

no matterhow great i yielding or elastic material, such as a rubberband, which band with an excessive pulling of the garment upon the postor button will all the more tend to tightly bind itself about that partof the garment upon the post or button, and thereby cause the hose orgarment to tightly cling against the post or button without anydisposition of tearing or displacement.

Other objects of this invention at this time not more particularlymentioned will be evi-- 'willbe described in the following specificationand then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a face view of a hose or garment supporter embodyingthe principles of this invention,illustrating the same in its attachedposition upon the hose; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thesaidparts, said section being taken on line 2 2 in said Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the members of the Fig. 4 is a face View of theloopshaped holding or retaining member; and Fig. 5 is an end View of thecomplete device,

theholding members being represented in their engaged relation,but thehose having been omitted from the said view. Figs. 6 and 7 areperspective views of two other loop- .shaped holding members,illustrating slightlyattached to the lower end portio'n 2 of the webbing bystitching or in any other desired manner. The button proper, asrepresented ings.

in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, consists of the usual metal shank 3 and the head4; but in some cases -the said shank 3 may be made with alaterally-extending slot 5, in which I have arranged and secured a pieceof fibrous yielding or elastic material 6, preferably in the form of afiat piece with its edges extending beyond the opposite sides of thesaid slotted shank 3, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 9, 10, and 11 ofthe drawings.

The retaining or holding loop-shaped member 7-of the device comprises anenlarged open part 8 and a contracted portion 9,as clearly representedin the several forms represented in the several figures of the draw- Thesaid loop member 7 is usually made from one continuous piece ofspringwire, and it consists, essentially, of a straight end member orportion 10, from which project a pair of forwardly-extending springarms11 of any desired ornamental configuration and bent to provide the saidenlarged open part 8 and the contracted portion 9. At its free end eacharm 11 terminates in a retaining-loop 12, as indicated in Figs. 1 to 5,

' inclusive, or in a retaining-loop 13, as illusarm.

trated in Fig. 7. A cross-piece or flexible connection 14, preferably ofa fibrous yielding or elastic material, usually a rubber band, as shown,is arranged in the said retaining-loops 12, said cross-piece or flexibleconnection 14 extending directly. across the open end portion 15 betweenthe said retaining-loops 12 from one spring-arm 11 to the other spring-In lieu of the said cross-piece or flexible connection 14, of rubber, awire bar or piece 16, preferably of sufficient resilliency so as tobend, may be arranged in the retaining-loops 13 of the loop member 7,(represented in saidFig. 7,) the said wire bar or piece being providedat its ends with enlargements or knobs '17, as shown, to prevent itsdisplacement from the said eyes or rings 13.

In the construction of loop member 7represented in Fig. 6 of thedrawings the eyes or rings are dispensed with, the two springarms 11being connected at the contracted portion 9 by means of an integralconnectingpiece18 and the two curved or rounded portions 19, over whichthe said cross-piece or flexible connection 14, of a fibrous yielding orelastic material, in this case a rubber band, is sprung and held uponthe said arms 11 against displacement, as will be clearly understoodfrom an inspection of said Fig. 6. The upper ends of these spring-arms1] are turned at right angles, as at 20, to form a straight member 21.Thesaid loop members 7 are securedin their-operative positions upon thewebbing by doubling over the webbing, as at 22, (see Figs. 2 and 3,) andthen securing the parts together by stitching or in any other suitablemanner. v

The manner of attaching my novel form of hose or garment supporter to apiece of fabric 23, as a stocking, is clearly represented in Figs. 1 and2, the button or post-supporting plate 1 and the loop member7 beingpreviously separated, as shown in Fig. 3, and the fabric 23 placedbetween said separated parts and directly upon the head of the bution.The button and intervening portion of the hose are then pressed throughthe enlarged open part 8 of the loop member 7 and said member 7 thendrawn up to bring the closelylocated parts of the spring-arms 11 intheir holding engagement with the fabric at the sides of the shank orpost of the button. This action will tend to separate these lower endportions of said spring arms 11, thereby spreading them in oppositedirections against the tension of the cross-piece or flexible connection14. This piece or flexible connection 14, in the constructionrepresented in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, being a rubber band, willthereby conform to the shape of the post or button-shank, whereby thefabric 23 will be tightly drawn beneath the head of the button, and thegreater the pull the more positively will the fabric be held in place,and the cross-piece or fiexible connection 14 being of a fibrous elasticmaterial there will be no danger of tearing or cutting the fabric, andthere will further be no danger of the fabric slipping or the head ofthe post or button being forced through the hose.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 the result performed is thesame as that obtained with the relative arrangements of the partsrepresented in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive; but while with the constructionrepresented in Fig. 7 the final result obtained is not precisely thesame, still it is a similar result and one that is not a departure fromthe principles of my present invention. In this construction the wirebar or piece 16 will apply itself readily against the side of the postor button-shank to securely retain the fabric in place against tearingand against displacement until released by the wearer of the garment.

It will be clearly evident that the final result obtain ed-that ofpositively clasping the garment by means of a yielding holding member orportion-is the same in all the hereinabove-described constructions,and Ihave produced a garment orhose supporter the holding members of whichare suitably cushioned to prevent the tearing or cutting of the hose orgarment, and there is no liability of the dedo not limit my invention tothe exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as described in theforegoing specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings,nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of anyof the said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a garment orhose supporter, a webbing, a post-supporting plate on said webbing, apost on said plate, and a button on said post,

all combined with a retaining-loop member nection across the said springside arms adapt-- ed to be brought in holding engagement with a portionof the fabric arranged over the button, said connection consisting of ayielding elastic band, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a garment or hose supporter, a webbing, a post-supporting plate onsaid webbing,

a post on said plate,and a button on said post, all combined with aretaining-loop member comprising a pair of spring side arms, aconnecting piece or member between said arms for the attachment of saidmember to the Webbing, the said side arms forming a button-receivingportion, a loop at the free end of each side arm, and a flexibleconnection held in said loops and arranged across the open end portionbetween said side arms adapted to be brought in holding engagement witha portion of the fabric arranged over the button, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

4. In a garment or hose supporter, a webbing, a post-supporting plate onsaid webbing, a post on said plate, and a button on said post, allcombined with a retaining-loop member comprising a pair of spring sidearms, a connecting piece or member between said arms for the attachmentof said member to the webbing, the said side arms forming abutton-receiving portion, a loop at the free end of each 'side arm, and,a flexible connection. held in said loops and arranged across the openend portion between said side arms,

adapted to be brought in holding engagement with a portion of the fabricarranged over the button, said flexible connection consisting of afibrous yielding and elastic band, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forthabove I have hereuntoset my hand this 10th day of July, 1902.

GEORGE E. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAEN'IZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS.

